The second episode of "Westworld" dropped early this week. I liked it.

We're really struggling getting through "Twin Peaks" season 2, though. So much of it is just different from the first. Like Donna looks different from scene to scene almost, and the drama amongst the characters is usually terrible and too much time is spent on it (Donna/Maddie/James, Ed/Crazy Wife/Norma, etc.) Albert needed to be in it more.

Anyway, we finally have Bob's identity answered. Do we need to keep watching?

Yeah, it's worth finishing if you've managed to push through the middle, a bit after the Bob stuff. But yeah... Donna was awful and they tried to throw in like ~5 soap opera romances into the mix and dragged it out so much for whatever reason. Such a trainwreck.

The last few episodes are solid though. Have you met Windom Earle yet? He salvages some of the damage.

Fire Walk With Me is really serious and back to the weird Lynch stuff. Definitely check that out too. Might redeem the second season for you haha.

I'm still hopeful the third turns out great though. Hopefully Lynch had better control of the whole thing. Just sounds like a lot of producers and outside interference jacked up season two.

I've completely forgotten where we are and what's happening. We're past the Laura Palmer arc, and Bobby's dad turned up again after being missing.

Bobby's trying to start some deal with Horne. Ed's wife believes she's a teenager in high school and is super strong for some reason. I think Cooper's still on suspension for going into Canada to retrieve Audrey. The Jean Renault stuff is tiresome.

Not sure if Windom Earle has popped up yet, but we've got David Duchovny as a trans person.

Currently working my way through "Ran," an Akira Kurosawa film loosely based on "King Lear." I like the visuals, but I also like other films of his much better. I don't see how this is considered better than "Yojimbo" or "Rashomon."

I have yet to dive into Akira Kurosawa, but have some friends that really love that stuff. Kind of funny despite how much I love anime, old and new, but I'm still kind of iffy on Japanese film. Not sure what to think yet.

Originally posted by XeomanIsn't that the alternate history one, where the Axis powers won WW2 or something?

Yup. The storyline takes place in the early 1960s. The Westcoast (Alaska through Baja) is under Japanese control, while most of Canada and the Midwest from Montana down to Texas and all the way to the Atlantic Ocean are under "the Greater Nazi Reich." There's a strip in the middle deemed "The Neutral Zone," with a very tiny American Resistance working out of it.

I don't want to spoil it by detailing it more than that, but it's essentially a low-key science fiction show. I mean, it was written by Philip K. Dick.

Finished season 2 of "Man in the High Castle" last week. It's very good. And now the long wait for season 3.

Currently in limbo looking for another show, at the moment, though Bran and I should really pick up "Vikings" again since it's back from hiatus. We just haven't been in the full mood to sit and watch it rather than the TV being on as background noise to our surfing the web or reading.

We got sucked up into "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," which is actually a pretty progressive show in many regards. There's only two seasons, and amusingly, it was Brandon who kept going, "Wanna watch more 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'?" Looking forward to the third season.

We started "Marco Polo" and "Frontier" at the same time. I think we'll probably continue with "Frontier" before getting to the second episode of "Marco Polo." Actually, come to think of it, we didn't even finish that first episode of "Marco Polo."